Combined mop head and wringer.



No. 678,240.. Patented July 9, IBM.

- W. R. GILLETTE.

COMBINED MDP HEAD AND WRINGEB.

(Application filed Feb. 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. GILLETTE,

PATENT OFFICE.

on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED MOP H'EAD'AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,240, dated July 9, 1901. Application filed February 27, 1901i. Serial No. 49,127. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. GILLETTE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Oombined Mop and Wringer, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined mops and wringers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of combined mops and wringers and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to hold a mop-cloth in convenient position for use and capable of being readily arranged for wringing the mop-cloth without the hands of the operator coming in contact with the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a combined mop and Wringer constructed in accordance with this invention and shown arranged for wringing the mopcloth. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View illustrating the construction of the links and the bearing-blocks. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the bearing-blocks.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- Ings. V

l designates a handle provided at its outer end with a suitable socket for thelreception of a shank 2 of a loop 3,whicl1 is adapted to have one end of a mop-cloth 4 attached to it,- and the said shank 2 is curved to arrange the loop 8 out of the plane of the handle to locate the said loop opposite a loop 5 of a longitu-- dinal shaft 6. The longitudinal shaft 6, which is connected with the handle by resilient links 7, is capable of longitudinal movement to arrange the loop 5 adjacent to the loop 3 and to carry the said loop 5 fromsuch position to that illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. When the longitudinal shaft is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, it is adapted to be rotated to twist the mop-cloth to expel water from the same, and when the loops 3 and 5 are arranged adjacent to each other the mop-cloth is in position for use.

The longitudinal shaft, which is provided at its inner end with a crank 8, is journaled in suitable bearings of transversely-disposed bearing-blocks 9, .preferably of cylindrical shape and provided between their ends with openings 10 for the reception of the shaft 6, which is retained in position relative to the bearing-blocks by means of collars 11. The collar-s11, which are adjustable, are secured to the shaft by means of clamping-screws 12 'or other fastening devices and are arranged 'at opposite sides. of the bearing-blocks. The bearing-blocks are provided at their ends with sockets '13 for the reception of inturned ends 13 of the sides 14 of links 7, which connect the bearing-blocks with the handle 1. Each link 7, which is oblong, is composed of a sin gle piece of resilient material, which is bent at opposite'sides of its center to provide a transverse connecting portion 15 and to form forming shoulders for engaging the links to hold the same in either position. The bearing-blocks are provided at the sides of the sector-shaped lugs with grooves 19 and 20, and when the sides of the links are arranged in the grooves 19 the parts will be held in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and when they are seated in the other grooves 20 the loop 5 will be held contiguous to the loop 3 of the shank. The crank 8 is provided with a suitable grip or handle and is adapted to be readily grasped by the operator to rotate the longitudinal shaft and to push the same outward and draw it inward. When sufiicient force is applied to the longitudinal shaft, the side of the links will spread and permit the lugs to pass through them. The resilient links are adapted to engage the ends of the bearing-blocks automatically, and they form efficient locking devices for holding the parts in their difierent positions.

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is easily operated to wring the mopcloth, and that it will hold the same in convenient position for use. It will also be apparent that the links and the bearing-blocks form efficient locking devices for holding the shaft in position for rotation and for locking it in its extended position contiguous to the loop 3 of the handle.

Vhat I claim is l. A device of the class described comprising a handle provided with means for'connecting it to a mop-cloth, a rotary shaft provided with means for connecting it to the mop-cloth, bearing-blocks receiving the shaft,

and links connected with the bearing-blocks and with the handle and provided with means for engaging one of such parts to lock the shaft against longitudinal movement, substantially as described. a

2. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a loop connected with the handle and provided with a shank extending laterally beyond the plane of the handle, a longitudinally movable shaft provided with means for connecting it to a mo'p'cloth, bearing-blocks receiving the shaft, and links connecting the bearing-blocks and the handle and provided with means for engaging one of V such parts to hold the shaft against longitudinal movement, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a handle provided with means for connecting it to a mop-cloth, bearing-blocks, a shaft journaled in the bearing-blocks and provided with means for connecting it to a mopcloth, and the resilient links connecting the handle and the bearing -blocks and interlocked with the said blocks, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a handle provided with means for connecting it to a mop-cloth, bearingblocks provided at the ends with grooves, a shaft journaled in the bearing-blocks, and the resilient links connecting the handle and the bearingblocks and arranged to engage the grooves automatically, substantially as and for the purpose described. 1

5. A device of the class described comprising a handle, bearing-blocks provided at their ends with lugs and having grooves at opposite sides of the ln gs, the links connected with the handle and with the bearing-blocks and arranged to engage the lug and the grooves, and a shaft mounted on the bearing-blocks, substantially as described.

6. A device of the class described comprising a handle, bearing-blocks provided at their ends with sockets and having lugs adjacent to the sockets, said bearing-blocks being also provided with grooves, the oblong links having resilient sides and connected with the handle, the terminals of the sides of the links being bent inward and fitting in the said sockets and the sides of the links being adapted to spring into the said grooves, and a shaft journaled on and carried by the bearingblocks, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. GILLETTE.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. PAINE, J. H. WATSON. 

